This site is something of an ego statement in that it presumes a measure of public interest in the writings, mostly published, that I have produced since I first took up this trade in the early 1970s. In fact it is an expression of confidence that much of what is posted here is worth sharing, the limited scope of my potential readership notwithstanding.

By naming the site Veteran Scholar I wish to emphasize the two principal aspects of my identity that have dominated my work, in the subjects I have chosen to write about — and herein share — and in the scholarly curiosity I have applied to the method and execution of this work generally.